Quicklinks for Authors

The Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine (sponsored by SPARC and the Science Commons) will help you generate a PDF form that you can attach to a journal publisher's copyright agreement to ensure that you retain certain rights.

What is Scholarly Communication?

"Scholarly Communications" is a phrase that is commonly used to describe the process of scholarly publishing, since that is the primary method for disseminating the results of scholarly research. However, it encompasses the entire cycle of scholarship - conducting research, managing data, making decisions about publishing options, and copyright. An understanding of scholarly communciations assumes familiarity with:

author rights

the economics of scholarly resources

new models of publishing

open access

institutional repositories

rights and access to federally funded research

preservation of intellectual assets

copyright

plagiarism

This library guide seeks to help you better understand the entire process of scholarly communication and provide you with the information you need to make the best decisions to further your goals.